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Ladies and gentlemen, the time has finally arrived! Over the last week you have been voting in your droves to decide who should become our 2015 Self Starter of the Year.   Just under 1000 votes have been cast, and we can now reveal that the runaway winner with 37% of the vote is Susi Wisniewski!!! 2nd place goes to Oli Monks who got 23% of the vote and in 3rd place is Kelly Gilmour Gra...
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Self Starters of the Week to pitch for 2015 title and prizes! Back at the end of May our annual Self Starter of the Week awards returned for the third year!   Since then, we have been awarding Startacus members with the acclaimed Self Starter of the Week title and as you can imagine, our Hall of Fame for 2015 is pretty much chock-a-block. Now the time has come for us to consider who’...
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2015 Self Starter of the Year Hall of Fame Having founded Startacus - the self start society back in 2012 we appreciate that self starters (Entrepreneurs, Startups, Creatives) like to talk - about themselves, about their ideas, about their projects, and about their businesses. We also love giving credit to as many self starters as possible and so the Self Starter Awards are a great way of mergin...
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UK and Ireland Wannapreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Startups and Self Starters read on to see what prizes are on offer in this year's Startacus Self Starter Awards! The Startacus Self Starter Awards are back! Launched back in 2013 the Startacus Self Starter Awards aim to recognise the work of early stage self starter / entrepreneur / startup folk and this year return with another fab package of prizes. ...
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Ladies and gentlemen, the time is here; the end has come. All week long the voting has been fierce for who should become our Self Starter of the Year 2014. At long last the votes have been counted and verified and we can now reveal that our Self Starter of the Year 2014 is…SUZANNE NOBLE, with a whopping 35% of the vote! This is the pitch that won her the title! “Imagine you’...
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A couple of weeks ago we asked each of 2014’s Startacus Self Starters of the Week to pitch to us in 200 words or less, why they should be considered for the Self Starter of the Year accolade. Alongside the fab title and obvious kudos, the Self Starter of the Year wins a fab package of prizes care of key sponsor Marketest, and Moo.com, Huddlebuy, Net Lawman, Penelope, Creative Barcode, and I...
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With the  Startaclaus 12 days of Christmas business giveaways over for another year, you'd think we would be grabbing a few days rest. And yes, like many of you fellow startup, self starter and leading entrepreneurial lights, we will shortly be bedding down for a couple days of festive cheer. But first... Back at the end of Feb our annual Self Starter of the Week awards returned. Since March...
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Being a self starter (this is Startacus - the Self Start Society after all) isn't just about starting your own business and making a small fortune. Don't get us wrong, that's a nice knock on effect for some and one we regularly like to celebrate here at Startacus HQ. But before all that comes to fruition (fingers crossed) being a self starter is fundamentally anyone doing something positive ...
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Self Starter drums up interest in unique 'drumkit in a box' instrument We're going all Norn Iron on ya today. First up, we highlighted news that the NI based Propel programme was open for innovative startups and now here's another NI startup story for your reading pleasure... A young self starter, Startacus member, inventor and musician from NI, Stephen Henderson is currently raising capital via...
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We announced our most recent Self Starter of the Week yesterday and it’s fab to see the list of self starters, idea makers and startups that have made our Hall of Fame for 2014 so far. Being a Self Starter of the Week gives you the chance to be awarded the Startacus Annual Self Starter of the Year - which leads us nicely onto our most recent Startacus themed good news story. Last year&rsqu...
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